# Dem wins Trump-targeted Texas district in rebuke of Republican redistricting shakeup

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dem-wins-trump-targeted-texas-district-in-rebuke-of-republican-redistricting-shakeup/
- Published: 2026-11-04T07:36:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T03:57:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-wins-trump-targeted-texas-district-rebuke-republican-redistricting-shakeup
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Democrat Johnny Garcia is projected to win Texas’ redrawn 35th District.
- The district was reshaped to favour Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms.
- The result tests Republican support among Hispanic voters.

## Summary

Democrat Johnny Garcia is projected to have won Texas’ newly redrawn 35th Congressional District, defeating Republican Carlos De La Cruz in a race seen as a setback for the state’s redistricting strategy. The result matters because the district had been reshaped to improve Republican prospects ahead of the 2026 midterms, making the contest a test of whether favourable map changes can deliver House seats.

Republican lawmakers redrew the district in 2025 at President Donald Trump’s urging, moving Democratic incumbent Greg Casar to a different seat and creating a district Trump would have won by about 10 percentage points in 2024. De La Cruz, an Air Force veteran endorsed by Trump, conceded to Garcia, a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy who campaigned on household costs, healthcare and public safety. The district has a Hispanic-majority electorate, and the result also offers a test of whether Republicans can retain their 2024 gains among Hispanic voters.

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